The Brazilian General Staff and Brazil's Military Situation, 1900-1945

1 August 1983

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs

Vol. 25 (3) , 299-324
https://doi.org/10.2307/165781

Abstract

In June 1977, Argentine army forces in Entre Rios, Corrientes, and Missiones went on alert; while across the Rio Uruguay, Brazilian garrisons throughout Rio Grande do Sul readied themselves. The nerve center at Santa Maria vibrated with activity and even friendly military observers were warned away.Some months previously the bookEl Espacio Argentinoby Pablo R. Sanz had been published in Argentina outlining various hypotheses of how a war with Brazil might be conducted (Sanz, 1976: 335-351). The book had been circulated through the Brazilian general staff. Although it carried nothing new for the intelligence services, its publication was taken as an indication of Argentine attitudes.

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